Question

Perhaps the most extraordinary (奇特的) building put up in the nineteenth century was the Crystal Palace (水晶宫) which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Crystal Palace was different from all the other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass. It was one of the biggest buildings of all the time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it. Plenty of goods were sent to the exhibition from all parts of the world. There was also a great deal of machinery on show. Though in those days, traveling was not as easy as it is today, steamboats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe. On arriving in England, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train. There were six million visitors in all, and the money from the exhibition was used to build museums and colleges. Later the Crystal Palace was moved to the South London. It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936

1. 1.
   The Crystal Palace was built up              
   1. A.
      in the 1950s
   2. B.
      in the 1900s
   3. C.
      shortly before 1851
   4. D.
      before 1951
2. 2.
   People from many countries came to the Crystal Palace mainly to            
   1. A.
      buy goods
   2. B.
      visit an exhibition
   3. C.
      travel around
   4. D.
      enjoy the Crystal Palace itself
3. 3.
   What happened to the Crystal Palace in 1936?
   1. A.
      It caught a terrible fire
   2. B.
      It disappeared suddenly
   3. C.
      It went to the South of London
   4. D.
      It was rebuilt
4. 4.
   The Crystal Palace was famous to all because            
   1. A.
      it is the biggest building in the world
   2. B.
      so many visitors had been there
   3. C.
      it was made of iron and glass
   4. D.
      it was burnt down at last
5. 5.
   The writer              
   1. A.
      thought the Crystal Palace very useful
   2. B.
      sang high praise for the Crystal Palace
   3. C.
      wanted the Crystal Palace to be rebuilt
   4. D.
      was one of the visitors to the Crystal Palace

Answer 1

CDACB
试题分析：本文叙述了水晶宫为了1851年的大展始建于 Hydd 公园。水晶宫是不同于世界上的所有其他建筑，因为它用钢和玻璃做的。它是最大建筑物之一，来自许多国家的人都来看它。来自世界各地的大量的商品也被送往展览。后来，水晶宫被搬到伦敦南部。它仍是世界最著名的建筑物之一直到1936 年被烧毁。
1.细节理解题。根据the Crystal Palace (水晶宫) which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851.故选C。
2.细节理解题。根据It was one of the biggest buildings of all the time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it. 它是所有时间的最大建筑物之一，很多来自许多国家的人来看它。故选D。
3.细节理解题。根据it was burnt down in 1936. 在1936年它被烧毁了，故选A。
4.细节理解题。根据for it was made of iron and glass. 因为它用钢和玻璃。故选C。
5.作者态度题。根据Perhaps the most extraordinary (奇特的) building put up in the nineteenth century was the Crystal Palace (水晶宫) which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851. 故选B。
考点：文化类短文阅读。
点评：做作者态度题应注意(1)不要把自己的态度揉入其中，还要注意区分考查是作者的态度还是作者引用别人的态度。
(2)当作者的态度没有明确提出时，要学会根据作者在文章中所运用的具有褒贬含义的语言去判断作者的态度，如，wonderfully, successfully, unfortunately, doubtfully 等。
(3)某一事物是好是坏，作者对它是支持是反对，态度一般都很明确，而带中立色彩的词最不可能是正确答案。问作者对某事物的态度时，表示“客观”的词多为正确选项，如objective, impartial, unbiased 等;问作者对文中提到的人物或他们的观点态度时，答案多是肯定或否定，支持或反对。如，critical, approval, opposed, supporting 等。
(4)既然作者写了文章，他的态度就不可能是漠不关心的，因此见到indifferent, uninterested 可以首先排除。